Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 minute agoTIL That we only know about MKUltra because 20,000 pages of records were filed incorrectlyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That we only know about MKUltra because 20,000 pages of records were filed incorrectlyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 minute agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 hour agoTIL Harold Williams, one of the most accomplished polyglots of all time, already new 20 languages by the time he enrolled at Berlin University, at the age of 23. When he worked as a foreign corres...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL Harold Williams, one of the most accomplished polyglots of all time, already new 20 languages by the time he enrolled at Berlin University, at the age of 23. When he worked as a foreign corres...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 hour agoTIL about Agnes Sorel, the 15th-century official mistress of Charles VII who bore him four children. Her scandalous dresses prompted the Catholic Archbishop to condemn her choice of clothing with ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Agnes Sorel, the 15th-century official mistress of Charles VII who bore him four children. Her scandalous dresses prompted the Catholic Archbishop to condemn her choice of clothing with ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 1 hour agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL in 2012 the widow of a man who died while having 3-way sex with a friend & a woman who wasn't his wife was awarded $3m in a malpractice suit. The jury found his doctor was negligent in mis...plus-squarewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL in 2012 the widow of a man who died while having 3-way sex with a friend & a woman who wasn't his wife was awarded $3m in a malpractice suit. The jury found his doctor was negligent in mis...plus-squarewww.nbcnews.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL pop star Katy Perry has been nominated for 13 GRAMMYs since 2009 and has not won any of those nominations, while also being a recipient of 14 People's Choice Awards, 5 Billboard Music Awards, ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL pop star Katy Perry has been nominated for 13 GRAMMYs since 2009 and has not won any of those nominations, while also being a recipient of 14 People's Choice Awards, 5 Billboard Music Awards, ...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agoTIL That a Batman was a military orderly assigned to an officer in the British Armyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That a Batman was a military orderly assigned to an officer in the British Armyplus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 2 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agoTIL that Apple has a no-villains clause for iPhones. According to director Rian Johnson, anyone who portrays a bad guy using an iPhone in a film will never receive cooperation from the company again.plus-squarepeople.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Apple has a no-villains clause for iPhones. According to director Rian Johnson, anyone who portrays a bad guy using an iPhone in a film will never receive cooperation from the company again.plus-squarepeople.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agoTIL that the first indie video game developer is a woman. Joyce Weisbecker wrote games for the RCA Studio II console from 1976 to 1977, and received $250 for her first paying work.plus-squarewww.fastcompany.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the first indie video game developer is a woman. Joyce Weisbecker wrote games for the RCA Studio II console from 1976 to 1977, and received $250 for her first paying work.plus-squarewww.fastcompany.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL that In 2003, during Belgium's elections, an unexpected anomaly occurred: one candidate received 4,096 extra votes. Investigations revealed that a cosmic ray had likely struck the computer sys...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL that In 2003, during Belgium's elections, an unexpected anomaly occurred: one candidate received 4,096 extra votes. Investigations revealed that a cosmic ray had likely struck the computer sys...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL that a Japanese artist paints with Microsoft Excel. Tatsuo Horiuchi prefers the spreadsheet to real canvas and paint, or drawing software, because it has "more functions and is easier to use".plus-squarewww.thisiscolossal.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a Japanese artist paints with Microsoft Excel. Tatsuo Horiuchi prefers the spreadsheet to real canvas and paint, or drawing software, because it has "more functions and is easier to use".plus-squarewww.thisiscolossal.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL that Kudzu otherwise known as Japanese Arrowroot is actually edible. It is also used medicinally in Eastern countries. (PSA, do not eat wild Kudzu especially in the south in South America as i...plus-squarewww.healthline.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Kudzu otherwise known as Japanese Arrowroot is actually edible. It is also used medicinally in Eastern countries. (PSA, do not eat wild Kudzu especially in the south in South America as i...plus-squarewww.healthline.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agoTIL Korea crowd-sourced down payment to the IMF using private gold in the late 90splus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL Korea crowd-sourced down payment to the IMF using private gold in the late 90splus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agoTIL: The AquaDom was a 25-meter (82-foot) tall cylindrical aquarium located in the lobby of a Berlin Hotel. In 2022, the Aquadom suddenly burst and collapsed, releasing approximately 1 million lit...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The AquaDom was a 25-meter (82-foot) tall cylindrical aquarium located in the lobby of a Berlin Hotel. In 2022, the Aquadom suddenly burst and collapsed, releasing approximately 1 million lit...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agoTIL that the tiny island country of Singapore holds a collective estimated reserve of about US$1.87 trillion dollars, and the actual reserve is substantially larger than that.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the tiny island country of Singapore holds a collective estimated reserve of about US$1.87 trillion dollars, and the actual reserve is substantially larger than that.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL that the word “bear” is the oldest known euphemism. Ancient Germanic tribes were afraid that speaking the bear’s true name would cause one to appear, so they simply referred to it as “a wild a...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the word “bear” is the oldest known euphemism. Ancient Germanic tribes were afraid that speaking the bear’s true name would cause one to appear, so they simply referred to it as “a wild a...plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL a popular Australian beer is fondly named after their alcoholic Prime Minister Bob Hawke.plus-squarewww.news.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL a popular Australian beer is fondly named after their alcoholic Prime Minister Bob Hawke.plus-squarewww.news.com.auLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL although her 27-year-old son died from cancer in 2020, a Spanish mother was still able to fulfill her dream of becoming a grandmother by using his frozen sperm. His daughter was born in 2023.plus-squarewww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL although her 27-year-old son died from cancer in 2020, a Spanish mother was still able to fulfill her dream of becoming a grandmother by using his frozen sperm. His daughter was born in 2023.plus-squarewww.vice.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agoTIL a finance worker was scammed for $25 Million through a Deepfake video conference. The worker thought he was on a call with multiple of his colleagues (who he recognised) and the company's CFO,...plus-squareedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL a finance worker was scammed for $25 Million through a Deepfake video conference. The worker thought he was on a call with multiple of his colleagues (who he recognised) and the company's CFO,...plus-squareedition.cnn.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agoTIL due to copyright laws, the original black & white Mickey Mouse is free to use, but colored Mickey Mouse is still owned by Disney until 2035.plus-squareglobaltoynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL due to copyright laws, the original black & white Mickey Mouse is free to use, but colored Mickey Mouse is still owned by Disney until 2035.plus-squareglobaltoynews.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
Lemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agoTIL That the USA had a secret base under the ice in Greenland in the 60's.plus-squarewww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL That the USA had a secret base under the ice in Greenland in the 60's.plus-squarewww.cnn.comLemmit.Online bot@lemmit.onlineMBEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
